What Doesn't Kill You May Make You Live Longer
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 11:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently. Many people believe that free radicals, the sometimes-toxic molecules produced by our bodies as we process oxygen, are the culprit behind aging. Yet a number of studies in recent years have produced evidence that the opposite may be true.